When the book cover read, “A Sam Jenkins Mystery Short,” it wasn’t kidding. At just 51 pages cover to cover, there was hardly enough time to provide a longer story. The main character is Sam Jenkins, who, like the author, is a retired New York...

Ex-NYPD Detective Sam Jenkins is now the Chief of Police for the Prospect, Tennessee Police Department. He and his team take on what looks to be a routine task, investigating all the civilians working for the Prospect Police Department. However, things don’t turn out exactly...

From New York to the Smokies: A Collection of Sam Jenkins Mysteries by Wayne Zurl is a series of short stories that covers more than 40 years in Sam's life. The first story starts in 1963 with Sam as a teenager. With his girlfriend and...